Project Manager Maintenance

JAMES A. DERBY

**** ********* ****., ***. ***

Telephone: 703-***-****

Arlington, VA 22201

Fax: 703-***-****

E-mail: *********@*******.***

EDUCATION

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME: B.A. cum laude (mathematics major), 1975.

University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT: M.B.A. (finance concentration),

1989.

Hartford Graduate Center (of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Hartford,

CT: graduate level computer science courses (including computer

architecture, database design, computer graphics), 1978-1982.

Aetna Data Processing Education Program: various short technical and

conceptual courses in operating systems, system analysis and design,

programming languages, fourth-generation languages, end-user systems,

etc., 1978-1989.

ITAT: Internet training (HTML, Dynamic HTML, JavaScript, Java, SQL,

PL/SQL), 2000-2001.

PROFESSIONAL

Association for Investment Management and Research: passed Level I,

Chartered Financial Analyst exam.

Society of Actuaries: passed three examinations.

Fellow of the Life Management Institute (specialization in investment).

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Operating systems: VM/CMS, VAX/VMS, OpenVMS, MS-DOS, MS-Windows, OS/2,

Unix, Netware, MVS/TSO/ISPF, MVS/CICS.

Programming languages: FORTRAN, REXX, Telephony REXX, DCL, PL/1, C, COBOL,

Pascal, APL, Assembler, LISP, VocalPoint Voice Application Developer,

IVS/BlaBla.

Data base, fourth-generation, end-user, etc.: SQL, IDMS (test only), IMS

(test only), RAMIS, BMDP, MS Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, MS Access,

MS Exchange, dBase, R:Base, Focus, SAS, Visio, GDDM, DMS/CMS, Stratagem,

Advent Professional Portfolio, Harvard Graphics, WordPerfect, 1-2-3,

Procomm, VAX RMS, SWIFT.

Internet technologies (training): Java, JavaScript, HTML, Dynamic HTML.

Utilities: Hiperstation, Kedit, Xedit, Norton Utilities, TCP/IP, VAX

CMS/MMS, ClearQuest.

EXPERIENCE

Consultant: State Street Global Advisors, Boston, MA, 2008-2010.

Support of legacy portfolio accounting system (PMIS). Creation,

maintenance, and enhancement of DCL command procedures (OpenVMS).

Maintenance of job schedules. Use of change control documentation tool

(Rational ClearQuest). Troubleshooting of user issues. Ad hoc data

extracts and reporting.

Consultant (project manager/technical lead): Wipro (at JPMorgan/Chase),

Jersey City, NJ, 2005-2008.

Assumption of support of a client's portfolio accounting system (PMIS/IDSS-

G). Acquisition of knowledge from the outgoing vendor, functional and

technical documentation of the system. System maintenance and

enhancement (Fortran, OpenVMS). Served as technical lead/project

manager during initial phases. Some operational support. Served as

subject matter expert (documentation of satellite systems, report

definitions, business requirements) for transition to replacement

system.

Consultant: Science Applications International Corp., Washington, DC, 2001-

2003.

Adaptation of the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) for use in Canada.

Analysis of the NEMS Electricity Market Module for required country-

specific changes; development of data requests for subcontractor.

(Compaq Visual Fortran, Unix, Windows 2000)

Consultant: Syntellect Interactive Services, Roswell, GA, 1999-2000.

Development and maintenance of voice applications (IVS/BlaBla (C-based

language)) for service bureau division of leader in the interactive

voice response (IVR) industry. Also, support of legacy platform (OS/2,

Telephony REXX, VocalPoint VAD, Informix/SQL); pre-conversion analysis

and documentation of existing systems; troubleshooting of active

applications. Application types include dealer locator, voice forms

(recording and transcription), and a customer reporting system.

Consultant: Information America, Atlanta, GA, 1999.

Support of billing systems for online provider of legal and public records

data. Maintenance and enhancement of systems (VAX/VMS, FORTRAN, RMS,

DCL) for preparing invoices, calculating royalties. Analysis and

documentation of existing systems.

Consultant: Southern Company, Atlanta, GA, 1998-1999.

Millennium project (year 2000 conversion) test analyst. Documentation of

critical functions of a system utilized at nuclear power generating

plants. Design and execution of associated online (IDMS under VM/CMS)

test cases; capture, editing, and subsequent re-execution (Hiperstation

under MVS/TSO) of the cases. Extensive analysis, documentation, and

testing of related processes (IDMS and REXX under VM/CMS) interfacing

with other systems. Identification of data subject to augmentation

under various 21st century scenarios. Served as VM expert for the team.

Documentation of online processes (IMS under MVS/CICS) for a plant

accounting system used at non-nuclear plants. Analysis and renovation of

EXECs (REXX and EXEC2) initiating nuclear plant Culprit jobs.

Consultant: Lockheed Martin, Marietta, GA, 1997-1998.

Programming and analysis in support of maintainability and reliability data

for military aircraft. Maintenance and enhancement of existing systems

(FORTRAN and REXX under VM/CMS). Also, handling of ad-hoc data/report

requests (same as above) and assistance in development of a PC-based

environment (MS Access with Visual BASIC) to eventually replace the

existing mainframe systems.

Consultant: Information America, Atlanta, GA, 1997.

Programming and analysis for online provider of legal and public records

data. Maintenance and enhancement of systems for loading and searching

databases (VAX/VMS, FORTRAN, DCL). Development of a utility for

converting delimited data to fixed format.

Consultant: Syntellect Interactive Services, Roswell, GA, 1996-1997.

Principal application developer for service bureau division of leader in

the interactive voice response (IVR) industry. Design, programming,

implementation and subsequent upgrade of a two part (combination

overnight batch and interactive on-demand) fax system (OS/2, Telephony

REXX with VocalPoint VAD). This project won the client's Quality Award.

Complete development of a fax server system (OS/2, T-REXX,

Informix/SQL) as a corporate utility. Also served as pre-sales

engineer.

Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Roseland, NJ, 1990-1995.

Quantitative Investment Analyst: Conducted computer-based research on a

universe of 3000 common stocks. Accessed corporate data (especially

CompuStat financial data and IBES earnings estimates) from the DAIS

online database, and macro-economic data from the U.S. Department of

Commerce Economic Bulletin Board. Processing was primarily FORTRAN

programs and BMDP statistical package in a VAX/VMS environment; also,

spreadsheets and REXX programs in MS-DOS. Planned and executed numerous

brief, ad-hoc research projects for internal use or to satisfy client

requests for information. Developed utilities for data extraction and

comparison.

Through 1994, also served as systems manager. Responsible for hardware

and software purchases; arranged equipment maintenance. Selected LAN

vendor and oversaw network installation. Screened vendors of trading-

room systems.

Supervised other staff in systems projects. Maintained production

systems (same hardware and software as above); improved their speed and

accuracy. Automated large portions of trading and accounting

operations, allowing the firm to expand its business rapidly with

minimal increase in staff.

Aetna Life & Casualty, Hartford, CT, 1975-1989.

Systems Advisor, Financial Division Systems Department, 1982-1989:

Supported various departments in the Financial Division. Also

contributed to the online accounting subsystem of the division's new

securities investment database (COBOL, Focus, VAX/VMS).

For the Financial Guarantee Department: Developed a system (FORTRAN and

Lotus 1-2-3, MS-DOS) which utilized projections of interest and foreign

exchange rates to track Aetna's currency swap guarantees with the World

Bank.

For the Portfolio Management Group: Developed and maintained a

Performance Measurement System (COBOL, VM/CMS) for portfolios of mixed

investment types (primarily fixed income and real estate). Ad-hoc

reporting (RAMIS, VM/CMS).

For Corporate Planning: Supported the Investment Planning Model

(FORTRAN, VM/CMS), producing estimates of funds available for investment

based on actual and projected results of investments and operations.

For the Real Estate Investment Department: Enhanced a system (COBOL and

FORTRAN, VM/CMS) allowing entry of information concerning potential

investments; the information was in turn fed into the department's

valuation model.

Senior Operations Research Analyst, Common Stock Department, 1980-1982:

Complete responsibility for development and support of the Fund

Managers' Information System (PL/1, FORTRAN, RAMIS, VM/CMS); system

allowed managers, on a day-to-day basis, to examine holdings and

performance of one or more actual or theoretical portfolios, and view

information on specific stocks; these capabilities did not previously

exist. Developed a full-screen trade ticket entry system (PL/1 and

FORTRAN, VM/CMS), significantly enhancing staff productivity and

information timeliness. Carried out short-term, ad-hoc research

projects (FORTRAN, RAMIS, VM/CMS).

Performed a variety of administrative functions, including equipment

acquisition and maintenance, and occasional supervision of production

work; represented the department in the data processing community.

Senior Programmer/Analyst, Corporate Data Processing Department, 1978-1980:

Maintained and enhanced the Data Processing Equipment Inventory System

(RAMIS, VM/CMS), providing information on equipment purchases, leases,

and orders.

Maintained and enhanced STRATEGY (FORTRAN, VM/CMS), an in-house

financial modeling system; also developed and supported STRATEGY-based

applications for various departments.

Actuarial Student, 1975-1978: Developed a system (APL, VM/CMS) to track

group health insurance reserves. Developed a system (FORTRAN, VM/CMS)

to measure the future adequacy of group pension premiums. Performed

mathematical and statistical analyses. Evaluated substandard life

insurance applications.

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